TheRealStephen12
Pair
I think you're already supposed to have two more goals started if I've understood everyone on the site correctly.
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Do you care who you sell to? (1 Viewer)
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I think you're already supposed to have two more goals started if I've understood everyone on the site correctly.
MrCatPants
Full House
Haven't ever cared - could only see caring if someone planned to murder something with casino history and rarity. There I might refuse.
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
Well, I have an ignore list, as I’m sure, I’m ignored by many as well.
naturally, I won’t be selling to those folks.
Similarly, I’m sure some avenues that were open to me in 2019, are definitely not open in 2024, so there ARE members who likely won’t sell to me.
naturally, I won’t be selling to those folks.
Similarly, I’m sure some avenues that were open to me in 2019, are definitely not open in 2024, so there ARE members who likely won’t sell to me.
MeridianFC
Flush
There are some here (very, very few to be honest) I'd be concerned to buy or sell to/from. I've been pretty lucky though. Haven't done a lot of buying/selling and some of it has been "off book" but everything has been pretty hunky dunky. Even shipping @Josh Kifer enough money to buy some butter for those Idaho potatoes.
legend672
Full House
Your pics were epic. A true lover of chips.
On a side note I’ve made people I sold to give me their word that they would take good care of the chips
While I have not been around this hobby long enough to become a seller (or create no-sell enemies I guess?), I’ve sold plenty in other hobbies. I would say I’m pretty agnostic to who I sell to, assuming everything is above board with that transaction and person. If it’s something I know a friend wants, I’ll check with them first.
I guess that if there is "bad history" or "mistrust" , i understand that people would care.
Seeing i am the only chip crazy person in my poker circle, I have always been able to sell locally / to one of the crew.. Just sold a thousand dunes replicas (for exactly what i bought them for
).
Seeing i am the only chip crazy person in my poker circle, I have always been able to sell locally / to one of the crew.. Just sold a thousand dunes replicas (for exactly what i bought them for
).
I care not who buys my stuff! I will however add a tax to the handful of baby boys I’ve encountered on here that ran their mouth in the past.
I call it a “lame tax”. It’s lame that I have to tax a fellow chipper because they are so lame. jk I have never done that but it’s a good idea!
But I think the people who are not my fans wouldn’t even buy from me anyways so it’s not really something I have to deal with.
As far as profit goes I think a lot of us came into the hobby with the hopes of flipping some chips we got our hands on. I started here with 400 singles in frames that I paid $500 for. Thought I was gonna get paid! Didn’t happen on that deal!
Once people see that the eBay prices aren’t always what people are really paying, they either dig in and start the long road of learning chipping or they dip out after they find out that they aren’t sitting on a gold mine.
Poker chips to me is as big a hobby to me as poker itself. Maybe bigger. I see my chips as a currency also. If I go out on a limb and buy some pricey chips that I decide to keep, then I can sell some of my other chips to cover the new chips.
If I like the new chips I can keep ‘em. If I don’t like them I list them for what I paid and if I only get that price, oh well. That’s in the wash for me. My time and effort isn’t so valuable that I HAVE to make a profit. For some people the time and effort in all this isn’t even worth selling any chips. It’s all about what you value your time.
I am in the position now to buy chips and if I have no use for them I can move them to someone who does. If that someone wants them bad enough and I make a profit that’s great but getting them to a fellow chipper is just as appealing to me. I really like the auction route for chips I think a lot of people want. Or they are cheap and a new chipper has a chance to “get in on the action”.
I sold some things straight up for sale and a few people were bummed that they couldn’t dibs because of time zones and such. Auctions gives everyone a chance especially the dudes who have lives and aren’t on PCF all day (like me).
And rescuing them from a closet or attic somewhere is very rewarding for me.
With a deal like the Scandias my intention was to sell them immediately. The purchase for those was not cheap like most of the marketplace chips I buy. I knew I would at least make my money back on the Scans and that was imperative. How high they went was unknown. It was a freeroll once I started the auctionand I got a 550 chip set of elephant molds for free out of the deal.
Since I did make a lil profit and the wife is happy, I am now able to go and buy more sets that I can auction and get out onto your guys tables. I’m not selling on eBay to maximize profits. I’m selling to my buddies who like the same, niche, weird-o hobby as me.
Like I said before the action is the juice for me. I could buy 2 sets a year and then just chill. That isn’t very fun. I have more fun digging around for chips, meeting people/ hearing stories. Then getting bored with chips and selling them, getting more chips etc.
By my code I have to sell to anyone that wants them. Even if the buyer is a known lame I still get satisfaction knowing that he got the chips he wanted and I facilitated the deal. For some sick reason I like the idea of an enemy playing with my chips. Kinda bittersweet or something..
And like Omar said on The Wire:
“Money ain’t got no owners, just spenders”
I call it a “lame tax”. It’s lame that I have to tax a fellow chipper because they are so lame. jk I have never done that but it’s a good idea!
But I think the people who are not my fans wouldn’t even buy from me anyways so it’s not really something I have to deal with.
As far as profit goes I think a lot of us came into the hobby with the hopes of flipping some chips we got our hands on. I started here with 400 singles in frames that I paid $500 for. Thought I was gonna get paid! Didn’t happen on that deal!
Once people see that the eBay prices aren’t always what people are really paying, they either dig in and start the long road of learning chipping or they dip out after they find out that they aren’t sitting on a gold mine.
Poker chips to me is as big a hobby to me as poker itself. Maybe bigger. I see my chips as a currency also. If I go out on a limb and buy some pricey chips that I decide to keep, then I can sell some of my other chips to cover the new chips.
If I like the new chips I can keep ‘em. If I don’t like them I list them for what I paid and if I only get that price, oh well. That’s in the wash for me. My time and effort isn’t so valuable that I HAVE to make a profit. For some people the time and effort in all this isn’t even worth selling any chips. It’s all about what you value your time.
I am in the position now to buy chips and if I have no use for them I can move them to someone who does. If that someone wants them bad enough and I make a profit that’s great but getting them to a fellow chipper is just as appealing to me. I really like the auction route for chips I think a lot of people want. Or they are cheap and a new chipper has a chance to “get in on the action”.
I sold some things straight up for sale and a few people were bummed that they couldn’t dibs because of time zones and such. Auctions gives everyone a chance especially the dudes who have lives and aren’t on PCF all day (like me).
And rescuing them from a closet or attic somewhere is very rewarding for me.
With a deal like the Scandias my intention was to sell them immediately. The purchase for those was not cheap like most of the marketplace chips I buy. I knew I would at least make my money back on the Scans and that was imperative. How high they went was unknown. It was a freeroll once I started the auctionand I got a 550 chip set of elephant molds for free out of the deal.
Since I did make a lil profit and the wife is happy, I am now able to go and buy more sets that I can auction and get out onto your guys tables. I’m not selling on eBay to maximize profits. I’m selling to my buddies who like the same, niche, weird-o hobby as me.
Like I said before the action is the juice for me. I could buy 2 sets a year and then just chill. That isn’t very fun. I have more fun digging around for chips, meeting people/ hearing stories. Then getting bored with chips and selling them, getting more chips etc.
By my code I have to sell to anyone that wants them. Even if the buyer is a known lame I still get satisfaction knowing that he got the chips he wanted and I facilitated the deal. For some sick reason I like the idea of an enemy playing with my chips. Kinda bittersweet or something..
And like Omar said on The Wire:
“Money ain’t got no owners, just spenders”
Or buy from
This too- lol
On some of my prior sales I've had some minor-bad experiences with PM's from brand new accounts with just a few posts. Nothing major... more like "annoyances".
Call me snooty and/or snobbish but in I've started including a requirement in my sales that accounts must have at least 50 posts as well as need to have been created prior to the creation of my sale.
What would be the reason for that? Presumably if someone has posted both a baby GoFundMe and some sales, I’m assuming they need the cash.
LeLe
4 of a Kind
Not if that @sshole posted A Baby GFM and bought some Chips shortly after that (even mentioning he going to flip those chips in the future)
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/pcf-member-taking-advantage-of-community-generosity.122942/
I should have posted here what I put in the Happy Holidays 2024 thread:
Last Christmas, I sold you my chips
But the very next day, you flipped it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll sell it to someone special
Last Christmas, I sold you my chips
But the very next day, you flipped it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll sell it to someone special
Oh, got it - I didn’t realize this was in reference to a specific incident, so I was reading it as a general situation. In this case - yeah, I would not deal with someone like that.
End of the day, after the transfer is received, no.
But if selling something, I do try to give a decent effort of scrolling through the Wanted section first to see if I can help someone. And I will also try to follow up with those who had purchased similar from my prior listings, or expressed interest.
I've sold plenty below what I paid for, and that is fine by me, they helped me along my path; just as the chips I've sold for profit have.
But if selling something, I do try to give a decent effort of scrolling through the Wanted section first to see if I can help someone. And I will also try to follow up with those who had purchased similar from my prior listings, or expressed interest.
I've sold plenty below what I paid for, and that is fine by me, they helped me along my path; just as the chips I've sold for profit have.
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